..Furthermore, patients receiving statins at the time of procedure show a significantly reduced incidence of contrast-induced nephropathy. All this evidence may strongly influence the clinical practice of an interventional cardiologist...

[The role of endothelial dysfunction in the pathogenesis and in clinical practice of atherosclerosis. Current evidences]

Randomized trial of high loading dose of clopidogrel for reduction of periprocedural myocardial infarction in patients undergoing coronary intervention: results from the ARMYDA-2 (Antiplatelet therapy for Reduction of MYocardial Damage during Angioplasty)

..Although observational data have suggested that pretreatment with a high loading dose of clopidogrel may be more effective than a conventional dose, this hypothesis has never been tested in a randomized trial...

..Aim was to evaluate complications and discomfort associated with percutaneous coronary procedures employing RA or VCDs...

Eccentric atherosclerotic plaques with positive remodelling have a pericardial distribution: a permissive role of epicardial fat? A three-dimensional intravascular ultrasound study of left anterior descending artery lesions

F PratiSan Giovanni Hospital, Rome, ItalyEur Heart J 24:329-36. 2003

..The aim of this study was to define the impact of transversal lesion distribution on vessel remodelling in proximal and distal coronary segments using a 3D intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) reconstruction...